SPONSORED: Ensemble. Melting Rhapsody - Malcolm Miller enjoys Jack Liebeck and Danny Driver's 'Hebrew Melody' recital, plus a recital by David Aaron Carpenter.
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DISCUSSION: Defining Our Field - what is 'classical music' to us, why are we involved and what can we learn from our differences? Read John Dante Prevedini's essay, watch the panel discussion and make your own comments.
The Spanish academic, musicologist and composer Francisco Barbieri was born (3 August 1823) and died (17 February 1894) in Madrid. He helped in establishing a true Spanish type of 'opéra comique' - the zarzuela.